Chapter 4

Hiya, everybody! It's me! Yeah, I know that I'm already doing a few other stories with some others on the way. But I like this story and since nobody else wanted to adopt it, I figured " what the hell? worst case scenario, I screw up".

Benny: Yeah, you're gonna be a natural at this.

Thanks for having faith in me, Benny. Now let's start the chapter!


The sun was slowly rising as the sky turned from its grey color to a more normal light blue and the people awakened, happy and well-rested and began doing their daily tasks.

Eddy, on the other hand, hadn't gotten much sleep and spent most of the night looking out his bedroom window, hoping that he was safe from the two psychotic cultists that he encountered last night.

Around 8 am, Eddy woke up in his bed, yawning. He blinked a few times, trying to collect in his surroundings. Eddy sighed in relief when he looked at his body and realized that he was healthy, alive and safe. He almost went back to bed but then his eyes widened and he jumped back up.

He thought " Wait, what about Sockhead?" as he changed into his regular clothes and went over to Double D's house.

The sight that greeted him wasn't a happy one. The house itself seemed to be in perfect shape and Eddy was about to ring the doorbell until he noticed one unusual thing: the front door was not only unlocked but it was slightly open.

"Damn. Door's unlocked." Eddy thought.

He opened the front door and walked inside. The living room looked clean and nice but there wasn't really too much in there. A couple of couches, a glass table, a bookshelf and a mantle but other than that, not much. Eddy went to the kitchen when he stopped at the fridge. He noticed a calendar on it with a red circle around a certain day- Double D's birthday. But there was also a black circle around the day after that.

What the hell was with these circles and the dates? Double D's birthday was in five days. Something is apparently going to go down then. The big question is: What?

Eddy decided not to answer that question and looked around the kitchen. It looked normal enough with a fridge, freezer, stove, oven and a microwave among other things. He noticed a piece of paper on the counter with something written on it.

He picked it up and tried to read it but then Eddy stopped. Of course, it's in another language that Eddy doesn't know. Eddy sighed in frustration before he remembered Rhys. Rhys was this guy that helped Eddy out when he was getting chased by the punks a few years back and he knew a lot of foreign languages.

Eddy shoved the paper in his pocket and decided to go upstairs. The room of Double D's folks looked as clean as his. The weird thing was just like every other room in the house, there was no TV or a computer or even a electronic alarm clock.

Eddy thought "You'd think with them being scientists and engineers and technicians and doctors and all, they'd at least have a TV to keep up with things or a computer to keep research and stuff." before he headed into Double D's room.

The moment he did, he was shocked. The normally clean and organized bedroom was a complete and total mess. The ant farm that Double D once loved and cherished was smashed on the carpet with the ants roaming in the sandy remnants. The skull and Double D's other prized objects were in shambles.

Eddy thought " What the hell happened? Where's Sockhead?"

That's when Eddy noticed a pair of footprints going somewhere outside of the house. He decided to follow them because they might lead to Double D or give them a clue where he is. But he decided to get Ed and head to see Rhys first. He went to the lane and told Ed to get Rhys.

Ed soon came with Rhys being unknowingly dragged behind him. Rhys tried to protest but of course, Ed wasn't paying attention. Ed dropped Rhys who groaned in slight pain before he got up and dusted himself off.

Rhys asked " Eddy, what do you need?"

Eddy answered " You're good at knowing other languages, right? You know what this says?" before he shoved the paper at Rhys.

Rhys grabbed the paper from Eddy and looked it over once.

Rhys said "It's in French. It says something about your friend Double D and traitor and death and arena."

Eddy's eyes widened and he grabbed the paper back out of Rhys' hands before he motioned for Ed and Rhys to follow him. Eddy ran back to Double D's house with Ed and Rhys following him.

Eddy stopped and showed the pair the footprints.

Eddy said " Wherever these prints lead to has something to do with Sockhead." before he pointed to Ed.

Eddy continued " Ed, let's follow those tracks!" before Ed began sniffing the footprints and went in that direction. Rhys and Eddy followed him as he headed in the direction of the footprints.

The three were somewhere near the woods when they noticed that the footprints had stopped.

Ed said " It's gone, Eddy! Plus, somebody dropped a bunch of ketchup here!" as Eddy and Rhys were behind him.

Rhys replied " Something tells me that it's not ketchup." as he and Eddy looked at each other with slight fear and horror.

Ed saw a large, deep hole not far from them and pointed to it. The three headed to the hole and looked inside. Inside of the deep hole was...


Yeah, a cliffhanger! Bet you weren't excepting that, huh?

So what's going to happen next time? Will the boys ever find Double D? Are they way in over their heads? Will we ever see Double D's "parents"? Find out next time!